A Winter's Tale

This is a second and rather late in the day post from me!

If you're looking for this month's Inspiration Elevator challenge.....please scroll down or click here.

Otherwise stick around as I have another layout to share.

The reason for my late appearance is that firstly, I've been meaning to share this page FOREVER, and secondly, I wanted to submit it for the upcoming edition of the Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired magazine, and the closing date for that is......well.......today!

Last minute of course - no surprise for me!

Anyhow, let me get on with some details.

This layout happens to be the first page I created using my recent DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends.  This time around I had the pleasure of working with the yummy new Christmas collection from Simple Stories......Cozy Christmas.

I loved the combination of woodgrains, glittery prints and traditional red, green and gold colour schemes throughout.........visions of a log cabin Christmas come to mind.

I had one of my 'struck with inspiration whilst lying in bed moments' for this page which if nothing else, usually means the outcome is interesting!

A Winter's Tale.

I do love how this turned out - pretty close to what I envisioned in my head for a change!

There's obviously lots (and lots!) of torn layers including patterned paper, corrugated paper and zipper trim from Maya Road.

I happened to have a few zipper pulls in my stash, so I added one of those too along with a little faux stitching.

There's 'snow' on there, in the form of Martha Stewart Texture Paste and a Tim Holtz stencil.

Lots of layers were provided by a few patterned papers, enamel dots, and the ecclectic die cut pack you can find with this collection.

As you can see I also trimmed the photo into a 'tag' shape to add a little interest.

Finally, the simple title was cut using my Silhouette and layered with glitter cardstock.

That's about all.......probably one of my faves for this year I think.

If you are local and would like to create your own version of this page, Two Scrapbook Friends are holding a workshop at 6.00pm on Wednesday 3rd December where you can do just that!  You can contact the store for more details or to reserve your spot.

So, onto the second reason for my late post.

As mentioned, I am submitting this page to the Let's Get Sketchy Get Inspired Magazine in the hope that I may get lucky and achieve another publication.

This is an awesome online publication full of lots of inspiration from crafty gals far and wide.  I was totally over the moon when the last edition was released and yours truly found she had made the cover!!

Totally honoured and thrilled to bits!

Anyhow, the next edition will be brimming with seasonal goodies, so my page will be submitted to their 'Mood Board' challenge.

Here is said board:

Fingers crossed but I look forward to the next issue regardless.

OK, I think that's just about covered everything so it's time for PJ's and a little snack for this gal.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you next week,
Jayne.x.

Fall Fun

Alrighty, here I am back again today with my final submission to the Lets Get Sketchy 'Get Inspired' magazine........deadline closes by the end of the day so I have to get my skates on!

This layout will be submitted to their 'Mood Board' challenge - a new category they have introduced this time around and I LOVED it!

I always find this type of challenge inspiring as there are so many ways to interpret, and the whole 'mood' thing gets the creative juices flowing instantly!

Here's the Mood Board which you can also find over on the Get Inspired Magazine blog:

Isn't it gorgeous?

The first thing that hit me was that I wanted to include denim leaves on my page........my only hold back was trying to find a 'Fall' kinda photograph.

I think I must have scrapped most of them, cause I couldn't find a single one on my phone or camera!

I finally hunted down an oldie, sitting in a pile my FIL had brought over from England a few years ago.  I reckon this one is approx. 5 or 6 years old but still a goodie.

Here goes........

Fall Fun. 

There's quite an abundance of stamping, texture paste and distress ink on the background, but it looks fairly subtle which pleases me.

Layers of fabric paper, burlap and corrugated cardboard all add to the texture, as well as a little washi tape, wooden embellies, and I distressed the edge of my photo with a sandpaper file.

Here are those denim leaves I envisioned!

I picked up the leaf stem and flowers over the weekend and knew they would work perfectly on this page, but I had to have those denim leaves!

I decided to cut some extra's with my Silhouette and added the wine coloured buttons (masquerading as berries!).....another vision! Lol

Finally when I chose the papers for this page, the heart patterned fabric paper had just enough green on there to satisfy the colour scheme on the Mood Board.......unfortunately I covered most of it up whilst getting carried away with my layers!

I chose to add a little more in the form of a wooden circle, placed over a torn piece in the background paper.

That's about all I think so I'll be heading over to the Get Inspired blog to link up.

Have a good one and I'll be seeing you again tomorrow for a Little Red Wagon post.

Take care,
Jayne.x.

A Very Alice Halloween

Hello again.......another 'double post in one day' from me here!

This may become a habit.

The reason I'm in your face yet again, is that I really wanted to submit a couple of pages to the Let's Get Sketchy 'Get Inspired' magazine and you know me.......always last minute!

The deadline I believe is Wednesday, so you'll just have to put up with me again tomorrow for my second submission.

They have changed the rules slightly over at Let's Get Sketchy.....no more specific categories for submissions. They have however, included a new 'Mood Board' challenge (loved it and I'll get to that tomorrow!) and a Sketch challenge, where if you link up, winners will be included in the newest issue of the magazine.

Fingers crossed!

I managed to complete a few pages over the weekend whilst at a local fundraising crop, which means it's perfect timing for me to submit.

Today I'll be linking up to the Sketch challenge, so here is the assigned sketch which you can also find over on the 'magazine' blog:

I decided to rotate the Sketch 90 degrees CCW in order to accommodate my photograph which is from Halloween 2013.

A Very Alice Halloween

As mentioned previously on here, I'm thoroughly enjoying rediscovering 'old school' techniques and embellies, so I decided on embossing powder and a 'free hand' glue bottle for those circles.

There are layers of cut and torn paper here and there with just a touch of hand stitching.

Finally, I used my Silhouette to cut part of the title and a couple of tickets.

I dotted a few epoxy stickers around.......Heidi Swap if I remember correctly, and did you happen to notice the googly eyes?

Can't have a Halloween layout without googly eyes now can we?

That's all so I'm off to link up this baby, cross what needs to be crossed and wait!

Have a good evening and I'll see you tomorrow,
Jayne.x.

Get Inspired!

Yesterday was a happy day as it marked the new publication of Issue 3 of 'Get Inspired'.

In case you're not familiar, this is an online magazine produced by Let's Get Sketchy which is always filled with sketches and loads of inspirational layouts and cards.

Yours truly is fortunate to have 3 pages included this time around (Pages 20, 85 and 86 if you happen to be interested).....wooo hooo!

You can check out the magazine here as it's free to view and you will not be disappointed.

A special note to my MOM.......you might want to check out Page 20 as you may see a familiar face (and don't get mad!!).

So that's all for now but I'll be back at 8am tomorrow for some very happy International Scrapbook Day celebrations.

Hope you can stop by.

Have a great day,
Jayne.x.